Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Learns about students Gathers additional data to Uses data from a variety Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by learn about individual of formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students. sources to learn about adjustments to make ongoing
assessments. students and guide instruction and meet adjustments and
selection of instructional individual identified accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse learning needs. instruction.
Using knowledge of learning needs.
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single Student engage in Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use variety of instructional of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in strategies and choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their technologies in learning range of methods to
whole. assessments. needs. that ensure equitable further their learning that
access to the curriculum. are responsive to their
learning needs.
Evidence I have strategic seating I looked on AERIES & our I use classroom At this point in the school
arrangements and beginning of the year monitoring, warm-up year, my students and I
groupings in order to warm-up/introduction prompts, formative have built a strong
modify instruction for my prompts that have assessment data and my rapport and foundation of
students. I also make sure additional information daily interactions with understanding towards
to check for about my students. With students to make each other. I will
understanding when that information, I am adjustments to occasionally find that my
necessary. (10/01/17) able to gauge the instruction. By knowing students need additional
additional supports that my students better than support in the form of
students may need in my the start of the school context. Frequently, I
classroom. (10/01/17) year, I know strategies have paused to find an
that are able to help cater additional video, article,
to their unique needs. or photo to support the
learning for specific
My students know to groups of students. 05/19
choose the thinking maps
that work best for them.
Additionally, we’ve had a
few “choice” assignments
and students pick the
method that best helps
them show what they
know. Students switch off
between using paper &
technology pretty evenly
throughout the year.
(03/12/18)
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I’ve incorporated more
checks for understanding
by using appropriate
questioning techniques
and Google Form exit
tickets.
By implementing digital
tools like Socrative and
Padlet, students are
utilizing a variety of
supports to best meet
their needs. Making sure
students have input from
all of their peers allow
them to have more
opportunities to
understand the content.
(12/12/18)
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging
Develops awareness of
prior knowledge, culture,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
represented among
students.
Connecting learning
to students’ prior
knowledge,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and
Some students connect
interests
learning activities to their
own lives.
Evidence
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses gathered Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
students’ prior understanding of and their communities to extensive information
knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and interests.
learning. to connect to student
learning.
Students can articulate
Students participate in Students make Students are actively the relevance and impact
single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, of lessons on their lives
sequences of lessons curriculum, and their which relates their prior and society.
related to their interests prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences,
and experiences. backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning activities.
interests.
When applicable, I try to I used Aeries & parent Our health unit has really While learning about
incorporate lessons that signature sheets from the honed the interest of my biodiversity and how
allow my students to beginning of the year to students. They are
apply the content to their learn more about my actively engaged during humans are affecting
own interests/lives. When students. The parents each lesson and really the health of
showing what they know were able to share any bring their own unique ecosystems, my
about variables, students information they thought perspectives to our students are engaging
were able to choose their were good for me to know discussions and activities. in relevant talk and
own scenarios that about their children. (03/12/18)
pertained to their (10/01/17) discussing important
hobbies, pets, etc. I’ve incorporated more topics on a daily
(10/01/17) Building strong student choice in my basis. They are able to
relationships with my class. Students are work together to
students and their actively engaged when identify the
families have really they get a lot of control
helped to engage them in over how they are ecosystem services
the learning process. completing the tasks and and potential
Additionally, I try to setting up the labs. solutions that would
connect our science Examples of student impact various
lessons to their hobbies & activities that provided a
stakeholders. 05/19
outside-of-school lot of student creativity
interests. (03/12/18) and control include our
energy mini posters and
calorimeter student-
designed labs(12/12/18.)
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses real-life connections Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
during instruction as real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
identified to curriculum. subject matter in single meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to relevant,
lessons or sequence of contexts, including those subject matter instruction meaningful, and real-life
lessons to support specific to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
Connecting subject students in relating to instruction.
matter to subject matter.
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. real-life connections connections regularly to in making and using real- integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons develop understandings life connections to subject into their own thinking
or sequence of lessons to of subject matter. matter to extend their and make relevant
support understanding of understanding. applications of subject
subject matter. matter during learning
activities.
Evidence When teaching cell parts Teaching our health and ISTE 5C: I have been
and functions, I introduce body systems units have trying more student-
the idea by having really helped to connect
students complete a our lessons to real-life centered, PBL lessons
warm-up prompt about contexts. Students are and tasks in the
the various household incredibly interested in classroom, which are
jobs at their homes. They how their own bodies paying off. I get to
are thinking of organelles work. observe students in
as being different
members of a household Students are able to their element where
(cell) with various consider different they are actively
responsibilities. scenarios and apply their engaged and making
(10/01/17). knowledge to deciphering connections between
problems/situations. their actions and the
(03/12/18)
environment around
Some of my students are them. They are
more engaged than others piecing together their
when it comes to using knowledge for the
real-life connections. As
entire unit to show
we were learning about
energy and calories this their overall
year, students were able understanding.
to choose their own 05/19
favorite snack to focus on.
We participated in a
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.4 Emerging
Uses instructional
strategies, resources, and
technologies as provided
by school and/or district.
Using a variety of
instructional
strategies, resources,
and technologies to
meet students’
Some students participate
diverse learning
in instructional strategies,
needs
using resources and
technologies provided.
slingshot energy lab and
energy stations to explore
different forms of energy
around us on a daily
basis. 12/12/18.
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use of
instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad range an extensive repertoire of
resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, strategies, resources, and
technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and and technologies into technologies to meet
lessons or sequence of technologies during instruction designed to students’ diverse learning
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
learning needs.
Students participate in Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
single lessons or instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
related to their interests technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
and experiences. their learning needs. resources, and technologies that
technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students needs. learning.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Students complete a
warm-up on their chrome
books on a daily basis
before learning lesson
content through stations
labs, Ted-Ed videos,
and/or reading strategies.
I incorporate review
games in the form of
Quizizz or Kahoot it.
(10/01/17)
Evidence I’m still incorporating
many of the same
strategies from
throughout the school
year. Relevant videos,
online interactives,
stations labs, and class
discussions are regular
occurences in my
classroom. (03/12/18)
TLMS Domain 2: I try to
incorporate various
instructional strategies
that help to support the
learning of my students. A
lot of my students prefer
a combination of using
technology and pen-and-
paper for classwork. I
found out right away that
my students struggle with
traditional lectures so I
complete real-time mind
map-style notes with
them instead. The
implementation of tools
like Socrative, Google
Forms, and Padlet help
with student engagement
because they are actively
involved in sharing their
voice. 12/12/18.

Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Asks questions that focus Includes questions in
on factual knowledge and single lessons or a
comprehension. sequence of lessons that
require students to recall,
interpret, and think
Promoting critical critically.
thinking though
inquiry, problem
solving, and Some students respond to Students respond to
reflection questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks
and comprehension. designed to promote
comprehension and
critical thinking in single
lessons or a sequence of
lessons.
Guide students to think
critically through use of
questioning strategies,
posing/solving problems,
and reflection on issues in
content.
Students respond to
questions and problems
posed by the teacher and
begin to pose and solve
problems of their own
related to the content.
Supports students to Facilitates systematic
initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
through independently to apply critical thinking
developing questions, by designing structured
posing problems and inquiries into complex
reflecting on multiple problems.
perspectives.
Students pose problems Students pose and answer
and construct questions a wide-range of complex
of their own to support questions and problems,
inquiries into content. reflect, and communicate
understandings based on
in depth analysis of
content learning.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
My students are starting
to get more practice with
critical thinking questions
however I find that they
are still trying to get me
to tell them the answers
or to help them think
through it prior to feeling
confident in their own
reasoning. (10/01/17)
Evidence
Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring
Implements lessons Seeks to clarify
following curriculum instruction and learning
guidelines. activities to support
student understanding.
Monitoring student
learning and
adjusting instruction
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive
individual assistance assistance individually or
during instruction. in small groups during
instruction.
I’ve really tried Students have been
incorporating more engaged in many
questioning strategies to
get students to think lessons and activities,
more critically about the which require them
content. Many of the to look at the content
“scenarios” that they through different
work through require lenses. As such,
higher-level thinking and
reflection. (03/12/18) students tend to
struggle a little bit
By chunking tasks that while they analyze
require a lot of critical each situation but it
thinking, my students are teaches them to ask
more confident in their
abilities. At this time, I relevant questions
find it is necessary to and find evidence to
provide guiding questions support their claims.
and additional time to 05/19
help them get to the level
of detail that is required
of them when it comes to
their rationale/reasoning.
12/12/18.
Applying Integrating Innovating
Makes ongoing Adjusts strategies during Makes adjustments to
adjustments to instruction based on the extend learning
instruction based on ongoing monitoring of opportunities and provide
observation of student individual student needs assistance to students in
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or mastering the concepts
checks for understanding. challenge. flexibly and effectively.
Students monitor their
Students successfully Students are able to progress in learning and
participate and stay articulate their level of provide information to
engaged in learning understanding and use teacher that informs
activities. teacher guidance to meet adjustments in
their needs during instruction.
instruction.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I give whole-class I frequently make My students feel
directions then assist changes in instruction incredibly
students individually as during lesson and also
they need it and check in between class periods comfortable asking
with small groups for based on pacing and for additional
understanding. student engagement. support and
(10/01/17). Students participate clarification during
freely when the lessons class. They are able
incorporate various
strategies that cater to to share what they
different learning styles. understand and
(03/12/18) where there may be
Evidence gaps in
I am still making changes comprehension.
in instruction based on
pacing, student 05/19
engagement, and
achievement of learning
targets. If I find that
students are struggling to
understand key details, I
will slow down and
reflect on how best to
support them during the
next lesson. 12/12/18.